A virus infects a cell and randomly inserts many short segments of DNA containing a stop codon throughout the organism's chromosomes. This will probably cause .

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manufactured proteins to be short and defective

Explanation:

The virus particle replicates in the host machinery by using its DNA replication machinery and then transcription and translation machinery.

If by chance, the virus particle inserts stop codon along with the segments of DNA therefore the stop codon will show its effect during the translation process when the DNA sequence is translated into the proteins.

When the stop codon will be read during the translation then the protein synthesis will stop at that time and short or defective proteins will be produced.

Thus, the selected option is correct.

1. amino acid refers to the fundamental building block of proteins, comprising of an amino group and a carboxyl group.

2. catalyst refers to any substance, which increases the rate of chemical reaction without being used up in the reaction.

3. a complex molecule containing he genetic code is dna or deoxyribonucleic acid.

4. an enzyme refers to a molecule of protein, which is unique in accelerating up a particular chemical reaction in the biological systems.

5. nucleic acid refers to an sequence of sugars, phosphates, and nitrogenous bases, for example, dna and rna.

6. a protein refers to a large, composite organic molecule comprising of a huge number of amino acids associated together with the of peptide bonds.

7. rna refers to a nucleic acid that takes part in the production of proteins.

8. substrate refers to a compound, which takes part in a chemical reaction, and is chemically modified by the reaction.